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SOKOL POSTCARDS 1948 - XI - Prague (Click on any image to view an enlarged version) Above, "Evening by Lamplight" Visiting card detailing the programme for 20 hours on 5th February 1948, by invitation only Sokol riders by the equestrian section of Prague Sokol Costumes: masks, dinner jackets or uniforms, for the Masked Ball, with music by J. Maudr's Jazz Band. Ticket prices listed. This was the last Sokol event prior to the Communist takeover. The eleventh festival, in 1948, was the first one held post-WWII, and would have been banned by the new Communist government, but preparations had gone too far for them to prevent it. The spectacle "Faithful Forever" commemorated Sokols that died during the war. The number of participants of the festival exceeded 500,000. During the processions, demonstrations against the communist regime and President Gottwald took place, leading to punishment of more than 1,000 Sokol members after the festival. Shortly thereafter the Communists created their own "Spartacist Games," which were boycotted by the true Sokols. No true Sokol games were held again until after the fall of the Communist regime, in 1989. Again there were both summer and winter games, and again postal cards were issued for each. There were two sets of 8 for the winter games, and for the summer games a set of 16 captioned in Czech plus a set of 8 captioned in Czech and French. In addition, two sets of postage stamps were issued for these games. These are shown on the First Day souvenir folder at the bottom of the page. Sokol pin (2 languages) (3 languages) Postal Cards Postage Stamps